diff --git a/src/main/cluster-detectors/base-cluster-detector.ts b/src/main/cluster-detectors/base-cluster-detector.ts
index 1aca321dfe..2ff77f26cb 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster-detectors/base-cluster-detector.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster-detectors/base-cluster-detector.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import type { RequestPromiseOptions } from "request-promise-native";
+import type { RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import type { K8sRequest } from "../k8s-request.injectable";
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export abstract class BaseClusterDetector {
 
   abstract detect(): Promise<ClusterDetectionResult | null>;
 
-  protected async k8sRequest<T = any>(path: string, options: RequestPromiseOptions = {}): Promise<T> {
+  protected async k8sRequest(path: string, options?: RequestInit): Promise<unknown> {
     return this._k8sRequest(this.cluster, path, options);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/cluster-detectors/cluster-id-detector.ts b/src/main/cluster-detectors/cluster-id-detector.ts
index 8f1486fcb1..ac744e5174 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster-detectors/cluster-id-detector.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster-detectors/cluster-id-detector.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class ClusterIdDetector extends BaseClusterDetector {
   }
 
   protected async getDefaultNamespaceId() {
-    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/api/v1/namespaces/default");
+    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/api/v1/namespaces/default") as { metadata: { uid: string }};
 
     return response.metadata.uid;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/cluster-detectors/distribution-detector.ts b/src/main/cluster-detectors/distribution-detector.ts
index dcdacfb253..d11f71c563 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster-detectors/distribution-detector.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster-detectors/distribution-detector.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class DistributionDetector extends BaseClusterDetector {
   }
 
   public async getKubernetesVersion() {
-    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/version");
+    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/version") as { gitVersion: string };
 
     return response.gitVersion;
   }
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class DistributionDetector extends BaseClusterDetector {
 
   protected async isOpenshift() {
     try {
-      const response = await this.k8sRequest("");
+      const response = await this.k8sRequest("") as { paths?: string[] };
 
       return response.paths?.includes("/apis/project.openshift.io");
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/main/cluster-detectors/nodes-count-detector.ts b/src/main/cluster-detectors/nodes-count-detector.ts
index f9b3c02dbf..4fbf05e40a 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster-detectors/nodes-count-detector.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster-detectors/nodes-count-detector.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class NodesCountDetector extends BaseClusterDetector {
   }
 
   protected async getNodeCount(): Promise<number> {
-    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/api/v1/nodes");
+    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/api/v1/nodes") as { items: unknown[] };
 
     return response.items.length;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/cluster-detectors/version-detector.ts b/src/main/cluster-detectors/version-detector.ts
index cc228734c5..6c836b851a 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster-detectors/version-detector.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster-detectors/version-detector.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class VersionDetector extends BaseClusterDetector {
   }
 
   public async getKubernetesVersion() {
-    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/version");
+    const response = await this.k8sRequest("/version") as { gitVersion: string };
 
     return response.gitVersion;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts b/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts
index c00e70ec3f..898031850f 100644
--- a/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts
@@ -2,36 +2,21 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
-import type { RequestPromiseOptions } from "request-promise-native";
-import request from "request-promise-native";
+import { apiKubePrefix } from "../common/vars";
 import type { Cluster } from "../common/cluster/cluster";
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import lensProxyPortInjectable from "./lens-proxy/lens-proxy-port.injectable";
-import lensProxyCertificateInjectable from "../common/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable";
+import type { RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
+import lensFetchInjectable from "../common/fetch/lens-fetch.injectable";
 
-export type K8sRequest = (cluster: Cluster, path: string, options?: RequestPromiseOptions) => Promise<any>;
+export type K8sRequest = (cluster: Cluster, path: string, options?: RequestInit) => Promise<unknown>;
 
 const k8sRequestInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "k8s-request",
 
-  instantiate: (di) => {
-    const lensProxyPort = di.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable);
-    const lensProxyCertificate = di.inject(lensProxyCertificateInjectable);
+  instantiate: (di): K8sRequest => {
+    const lensFetch = di.inject(lensFetchInjectable);
 
-    return async (
-      cluster: Cluster,
-      path: string,
-      options: RequestPromiseOptions = {},
-    ) => {
-      const kubeProxyUrl = `https://127.0.0.1:${lensProxyPort.get()}/${cluster.id}`;
-
-      options.ca = lensProxyCertificate.get().cert;
-      options.headers ??= {};
-      options.json ??= true;
-      options.timeout ??= 30000;
-
-      return request(kubeProxyUrl + path, options);
-    };
+    return async (cluster, path, init) => lensFetch(`/${cluster.id}${apiKubePrefix}${path}`, init);
   },
 });